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AOC claimed that ousting of Omar was 'extension' of America's 'targeting of Muslim Americans' after 9/11 [cut] The congresswoman smacked her notebook against the podium after her speaking time ended.

A convicted Italian mafia killer on the run since 2006 has been caught in France, having hidden in plain sight as a pizza chef for at least three years. Edgardo Greco's capture in Saint-Étienne is the second high-profile mafia arrest by Italian authorities in a matter of weeks. Matteo Messina Denaro had been on the run for 30 years, when he was detained on a visit to a clinic in Sicily. Both men were wanted for carrying out grisly murders in the 1990s. While Messina Denaro was the "boss of bosses" for Sicily's notorious Cosa Nostra, Greco was part of...

SNIP The baby-stealing crane Growing up, I was frequently confronted with the stork tale. Disney films, cartoons and picture books all told me that newborn babies were found and delivered to their parents by these elegant, long-legged birds. The original myth, however, has a darker twist, with the bird stealing – or rescuing, depending on your perspective – the baby. The myth can be traced back to ancient Greece, where cranes, which share many similarities with storks, were associated with stealing babies. In Greek mythology, Hera, the goddess of childbirth, turned her rival Gerana into a crane with an elongated...

Why I Do What I Do is an original AsiaOne series where we showcase people with uncommon professions and what it takes to get there. In Why I Do What I Do: Asia, a nine-part spin-off, we scour the region for more unconventional jobs and the stories of the people behind them. Donning skimpy outfits like bikinis, these female betel nut saleswomen not only have to cut and prep their product by hand, they also have to endure other people's judging gaze as part of their job. Known as betel nut beauties in Taiwan, they usually work in flamboyant roadside...

What if we told you that we aren't done, and that we have another @pfizer bombshell dropping tonight... What if... 😉 2:25 PM · Feb 2, 2023 · 992.4K Views

On Tuesday, Democrats in the New Mexico House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee killed a slew of bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Rehm (R-Albuquerque) that would curb crime relating to fentanyl trafficking, illegal firearm trafficking, and retail theft. Democrats, on party-line votes, killed all five of Rehm’s bills, even a bill that would have enhanced sentencing for those trafficking 29 fentanyl pills or greater. Rehm made clear he was open to changing the number of fentanyl pills a dealer was peddling, but despite reasonable efforts, the bill died on a 4-2 vote. Bills that would penalize those who conducted illegal...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military officials said Thursday they released and sent to Belize a onetime al-Qaida courier who had completed his sentence. The transfer of Majid Khan ended an imprisonment that included torture at clandestine CIA sites and 16 years at the Guantanamo Bay detention center. Khan, a Pakistani citizen who grew up outside Baltimore, wound up in the Central American nation under a Biden administration agreement with that government. Khan’s lawyers said he should have been freed last February under a pretrial agreement. Khan, who is in his early 40s, said in a statement through his legal team...

In an ominous sign for the War in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin went to Volgograd, Russia today to speak on the 80th Anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Hitler’s Germany at the Battle of Stalingrad. The Soviets won the long, bloody battle with at least one million casualties. Putin likened the battle then to Russia’s War in Ukraine, drawing on Germany’s promise to provide Leopard Tanks to Ukraine. He compared it to Nazi Germany’s use of tanks to attack the then Soviet Union.. . . .

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The 2023 National Prayer Breakfast came to an abrupt and premature end today due to severe lightning that kept striking the building where the politicians were gathered. "Well anyway, you know, we're here to pray to, you know... the thing!" said a barely audible Biden as deafening thunder shook the room. "Let's all remember that a woman's right to choose is fundamental to our..." The President was unable to complete his sentence as lightning struck again and killed power to the entire building. "I've never seen anything like it," said Congressman Scalise as he dove out of...

Call in the exorcist. Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib melted down as Republicans voted to remove raging bigot Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee. On Thursday Republicans voted to remove Ilhan Omar, a national security threat, from the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The vote was 218 to 211. Ilhan Omar married her own brother in order to defraud US immigration. The Democrat was finally removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Ilhan Omar’s partner-in-crime didn’t take it too well. WATCH:

Joe Biden has appointed Kim Cobb to the Intelligence Advisory Board, a climate crazy who claims she suffered an ‘acute mental health crisis’ after Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election. What could possibly go wrong? The President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, created by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956, counts among its alumni a Medal of Honor recipient, a steel magnate, a secretary of defense, a retired admiral, and a former state governor.

Clips from the classic children’s TV show ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’ have resurfaced, and are making the rounds on social media. The clips are "triggering" people on the left because what Rogers calmly and confidently states goes against the current progressive ideology of "transgenderism."In 2023, it’s easy to forget that the liberal view on this issue was considered far outside the mainstream not so long ago. What the generational icon Fred Rogers says in these videos is still the view held by most Americans, despite the efforts of the media and Hollywood to normalize it.FOX News reports: Resurfaced ‘Mister Rogers’ video...

OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said a man has been charged with felony battery after a woman told deputies he “touched her inappropriately,” according to a Facebook post from OCSO. Erik Lucas, 50, also has a prior battery conviction in Okaloosa County from September 2022. Deputies said a woman was running on Okaloosa Island near Princess Beach when Lucas “confronted her and touched her inappropriately.” Deputies followed a set of footprints and found Lucas hiding in a bush wearing the same clothing described by the victim, according to the post. The woman told deputies she...

The track and its crossover brought him to a whole new level of fame and influence.Perhaps Hank Williams’ most covered song, “Cold, Cold Heart” also brought the singer/songwriter huge success soon after it was released in early 1951. The plaintive ballad didn’t take long to become a cross-genre hit, in spite of its unabashedly folksy style: a young Tony Bennett released a plush, orchestral take on the tune the same year that nearly matched the original in reach and acclaim, prompting everyone from Louis Armstrong to (much later) Norah Jones to follow suit. Williams’ ode to his wife Audrey and...

WASHINGTON - A bitterly divided House on Thursday ousted Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota from the Foreign Affairs Committee over past comments about Israel that were widely condemned as antisemitic, as Republicans moved to cater to the demands of right-wing members and mete out punishment to a Democrat their party has demonized for years...

[Image description: Many stars and galaxies lie on a dark background, in a variety of colours but mostly shades of orange. Some galaxies are large enough to make out spiral arms. Along the bottom of the frame is a large, detailed spiral galaxy seen at an oblique angle, with another galaxy about one-quarter the size just beneath it. Both have a brightly glowing core, and areas of star formation which light up their spiral arms.] A crowded field of galaxies throngs this Picture of the Month from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, along with bright stars crowned with Webb’s...

Because he was such an icon, he was able to have Black artists on TV when they were often not welcomed nor wanted elsewhere.I cannot recall when I first heard the name Ed Sullivan, but it certainly had to have been when I was a ghetto youth coming of age in the 1970s and 1980s. I initially connected his name with music superstars Elvis Presley and The Beatles, and their now legendary appearances on his variety show. I was intrigued by how he introduced musical guests, his mightily distinctive diction, his genuinely low-key demeanor. But I had no clue, truly,...

A Democrat legislator is trying to convert Minnesota into a “trans refuge” for children who use surgery and drugs to mimic the opposite sex. The legislation, which is called the “Trans Refuge” bill, would ensure that puberty blockers, hormone replacement therapy, and sex change operations remain available in the state.

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Nevada Republicans have officially filed legislation to try again to require identification when voting in person and provide additional steps when voting by mail. Republican Assem. Gregory Hafen II, of Pahrump, introduced the legislation Monday. Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo said in his State of the State Address last month that he would support such a measure. “Signature verification is a time-intensive and cumbersome process,” the governor said in his Jan. 23 speech. “We require people to have a valid form of identification to get on a plane, to operate a motor vehicle or to purchase alcohol...